Tire.



V. LINDHOLM.

TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1912.

1,063,888, Patented June 3, 1913L Vidar Lmdholm be readily NT union.,

vieron LrNnHofLM, or meurent; wnsnrn'ecfpn,

' man Specieaton o Letters Patent.

Patente-a' aune a,- 191s.

Application tiled March 30, 1912. Serial No. 687,488.

To all whom it 'mag/concern.'

'Be it known that I, Vieron LINoHoLM, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hoquiam, in the county of Che- .halis and State of Washington, have in vented new and useful Improvements in Tires, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto improvements in wheel tires andv has particular application to cushion tiresu ln carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide a tire which may applied to and detached from the rim of a wheel and which shall be constructed of a plurality o sections coperative one with the other to form the tire and capable of detachn'xent from the wheel' independently ot' one another whereby mutilated sectionsV muy be repaired or renewed.

lt is also my purpose to provide a tire which shall includea plurality of transverse members designed to be arranged circumfer entially about a wheel and adaptedto be secured to said wheel against accidental displacement in tire formation.

The invention also includes the provision oi a tire which shall be constructed in such manner as to possess the necessary resilient or elastic qualitiesand which is simple, etlicient and durable in structure and capable of withstanding a relatively great'amount of wear, and furthermore a tire constructed in accordano.;` with the invention'may be applied to any style of'wheel without materially changing the structure thereof and may be manuiactured and sold at a relatively small cost.

With the aboveandother objects in View, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth in and falling Within the scope of the appended claims.

.inthe accompanying drawings; Figure `l is a side elevation of a tire constructed in accordance with the present invention, the same being shown applied to a wheel. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view ofthe tire and the wheel rim. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through one of the securing devices. Fig: 4 is a'view showing the mann er of applying the members of which the t1re 1s composed to the Wheel. Similar reference characters designate like parts throughout the several views.

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erring'now tothe accompanying draw- 1 provided at its opposite ends `equipped with in relatively ings in detail, my improved tire consists ot a plurality of transverse members 1 adapted to lie one adjacent to the other and arranged circuxnterentially of the rim a of the Wheel A. Each member 1 is preferably of substantially `circular outline and, in the present embodiment of my invention, consists of. a section ol wire rope 2 or other suitable material which, when formed or curved as illmstrated, will possess a. certain amount of resilience or elasticity to cushion the shock or jars encountered by the wheel in its path oi' travel, and a section 3 inclosing the wire rope 2 at the tread p0rtion and sides thereof and termin-ting short' of the proximate extremities oil such rope. In this inst-ance, I have shown my improved tire applied to a wheel equipped with the ordinary `form ot" clencherrim R formed at one peripheral edge with a fixed flange 4 and at its opposite edge with an adjustable flange 5, each of the flanges being provided with the inturned oppositcly disposed holding lips 6, G. In the present instance, the adjustable flange 5 is equipped with a number off set bolts 5 appropriately spaced apart and each disposed within a slot 6 formed in the adjacent4 edge of the rim. 'The proxi mete ends of the wire rope 2, of each transverse member, in the present instance, are arranged within a cylindrical metallic tube with semicircular outwardly extending lugs 8 and oppositely dlspose'd wedge bloc s9` adapted opposite directions to securely hold the ends o the wire rope 2 within the tube,the portions of the tube adjacent the extremities of the rope assisting the wedge blocks to hold the component parts of the to be driven into the tube -7 of rubber or the like 'A members in their assembled positions. If"

deslred, a screw 10 or the like may be threaded into the wedge blocks and have its threads disposed in relatively/,opposite.directions so as to draw the bloc (s inwardly of the tube and toward each other for the purpose `iforesaid. This form of my invention is applicable to the ordinary type of clencher rim and may be applied thereto without materially changing the construction of suchA rim, the only necessary change being to form an entrance slot in one of the flanges, for instance, the ad'ustable flange 5. This flange 5, is rovi ed with a'slot or way 11 which moans of a slidingA (he fiangr and secured thereto in any suitable manner or by any preferred or desired means.

To assemble the tire, the plate 12 is removed from the slot or Way 11, and the metallie tube 7 of the respective member slid through said slot and into the rim R between the flanges l and 5 thereof, the lips G, (3 of such flanges serving to preventoutward or radial displacement of the member. Likewise, the remaining transverse members are positioned upon the rim and moved circumferentially about'the wheel until therequirednn-mber of' members to form a tire have been disposed upon the rim, subsequent towhich` the plate' 12 is replaced over the slotior way 11 and theadjustable flange moved inwardly o't' the rim to securely hold the .members in tire format-ion, the lips 6 ofv both flanges and the lugs S of' the tube cooperating with one another for this purpose.

In order to obtain a snug engagement between all of the members 1, the material jt'orming such members is tapered from the centers of the members toward the ends so vthat the tread portions of the members may snugly engage one another to form the tire, as' will be readily understood.`

l? rom the foregoing description taken in connection with 'the 'accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a tire which is com osed of a luralit of transverse members designed to be arranged cireumfercniially about a wheell and capable ot' detachment from the wheel independently otono another so that a mutilated member may be repaired or replaced, as desired, and while have herein shown and described one form of my invention and certain pref fer-red means tor fastening the same to a vehicle wheel, desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to the specific details .of construction herein described' and delineated, as modieation and 'variation' may be made without exceeding the scope oi the claims or departing froml the spirit of my invention.

I claim: y i 1. The combination with a wheel rim including a fixed flange andan adjustable flange having an entrance opening therein and a closure for said opening, of a plurality of' members each comprising a section of material curved longitudinally, a tube reg' kceiving the free'ends of said material and 55 adapted to be slid through the ventrance opening in said flange, and outwardly eX-. tending lugs at each end of said tube adapted to engage said flanges whereby the members may be disposed about the rim in tire formation.

2. The combination with a wheel rim including a fixed flange and any adjust-able ange having an entrance opening therein and a closure for said opening, of a plu4f 65 rality of members each comprising asection of material curved longitudinally, a-tube receiving the free ends of said material and adapted to be slid through the 'entrance opening in said flange, wedge blocks .Within 7ov said tube and adapted'to grip the ends of said material, and outwardly extending lugs at each end of said tube adapted toengage said anges whereby the members may be disposed about the rim in, tire formation.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence o two Witnesses.

vieron muni-roma.

Witnesses:

?HIL. S. Looks, A.' L; Mawson.

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